Sly James

KCMBA to honor mayors, others at annual meeting

The association’s 127th annual meeting will be held Friday at the Marriott Muehlebach Hotel in downtown Kansas City.

Google network also coming to Missouri’s Kansas City

Not to be left out, officials for Kansas City, Mo., announced Google also has selected their city for its ultra high-speed broadband network.

Sly James takes helm in Kansas City

Sly James and Mike Burke ran a cordial mayoral campaign — so cordial, in fact, that at times it was difficult to pinpoint the differences between them.

Kansas City mayoral candidates tackle money questions in debate

Among other issues, the Kansas City mayoral debate (pictured left) focused on what the city can do to compete with Kansas economic incentives that are raiding Missouri-side businesses and possible consequences of eliminating the city’s earnings taxes.

Two lawyers vie for KC mayoral seat

Attorneys are starting to line up for the Kansas City mayor's office. More than 16 months away from the election, two area lawyers are looking to unseat Mayor Mark Funkhouser.

Mike Burke (pictured) is the most recent to put in a mayoral bid for the February 2011 election, and Sly James, of the Sly James Law Firm in Kansas City, has been raising money for his campaign all year.

KC attorney enters mayoral race

Another Kansas City attorney is looking to unseat Mayor Mark Funkhouser. Mike Burke is now the second area lawyer to put in a mayoral bid for the February 2011 election, […]

Diminishing Returns

Nursing home cases losing their luster since tort restrictions

Jefferson City attorney Anthony DeWitt (pictured, talking to former clients) used to file five nursing home lawsuits a year, including cases against a St. Charles facility whose operators were jailed for failing to report elder abuse. He hasn't filed a single case for a new nursing home client since August 2005 and the chang[...]